We left in the afternoon and headed toward the Drake channel for our two day voyage over arriving around 5 PM at King George Island where the race was to take place. During the trip we had good weather and spent our time attending lectures on wildlife, rules of conduct, history and political issues. Traveling in the Drake Channel can be treacherous but we managed a good 13 knots and only 5 foot swells on the two day trip. Although the drugs made folks drowsy, not many got seasick. The voyage leaving only one week after ours returned could only make 3 knots against high seas. Our host, Dutch, pointed out it isn’t like an amusement park ride, “OK now, I’m ready to get off!” Imagine many days of bouncing in 30 foot seas! We saw
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